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Hi, folks! I hope you all had a safe and happy Halloween. It seems like we skipped directly from summer to winter here in Oregon, and this chilly weather already has me thinking about the upcoming holiday season. If you’re in the Portland area and looking for unique holiday gifts, I hope you’ll join us. Read on for the details!

First, you still have a few opportunities remaining to catch my show at Redux in Portland, Oregon as well as my Beasts of Lore solo show at Rogue Gallery in Medford, Oregon. The Redux show runs through the end of this month, and Beasts of Lore closes on Friday, November 21st, so if you’d still like to catch either of them, act now!

Then, the Oregon College of Art and Craft Annual Student and Alumni Holiday Sale is beginning in late November at the OCAC campus located at 8245 SW Barnes Rd. The sale, which will feature the work of 70 artisans from around the Pacific Northwest, will be open to visitors Friday, November 28th from 5 – 9PM; Saturday, November 29th from 10AM – 4 PM; and Sunday, November 30th from 10AM – 3PM. Proceeds will help to fund OCAC student scholarships.

On December 6th and 7th, I’ll be at the da Vinci Arts Fair at da Vinci Arts Middle School at 2508 NE Everett St. in Portland, Oregon. Held annually on the first weekend in December, this PTSA-run event helps to subsidize arts and academic classes at da Vinci Arts Middle School. The show features the work of community artisans and da Vinci students, as well as a snack bar and crafts room where kids can make their own art to take home.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the da Vinci Middle School Arts Fair, I was invited to create my own woodcut version of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. You can see photos from her creation here. I’ve printed Mona as a very small edition of just 10 signed and numbered prints on cream rag paper. Mona #1 of 10 has been framed and will be raffled off at the Fair with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the students of da Vinci Arts Middle School. #2 through #10 will be available unframed for $80 each during the Art Fair. If you’re unable to attend and would like to acquire Mona, please contact me to reserve one. All online sales of Mona have been pledged to benefit the school just as those sold during the fair. In addition to Mona, a wide selection of other favorite prints including the recent mini zodiac series, the last of the Krampus edition, and a full array of magnets, will be available at the da Vinci Arts Fair. I hope to see you there!

Free shipping through December 10th!

Not in Portland? Can’t make it out? Don’t want to go out in this cold? I’ve got you covered! Instead of offering a one-day Black Friday or Cyber Monday deal, now through December 10th, you can have your order shipped free. If you’re in the United States, use THANKS2014 for free shipping on orders of $20 or more. International collectors, please use WINTER2014 for free shipping on orders of $50 or more. These codes are applicable in both my online store and Etsy shop. Don’t be surprised if you find some bonuses in your package; this is the season of giving after all!

Finally, with Thanksgiving approaching with gathering speed, I’d like to take a moment to share my gratitude that I am employed as a working artist and to thank you all for your ongoing interest and patronage. Life as a working artist certainly isn’t the simplest, but it is much more fulIfilling than my past life as a clerk in a big box store. I hope your holidays are bright!

The 2014 Esoteric Book Conferencehas come and gone and as always it was a fantastic weekend. Some of my personal high points included sitting in on the truly excellent presentations, the diversity of the artwork on display, and getting to see Timo Ketola’s phenomenally detailed ink drawings in person. There was a particularly positive response to the secret piece I mentioned in my most recent blog post and newsletter. (More details will be forthcoming once I’m granted permission to share them, so stay tuned.) Thank you to everyone who was able to attend, and to those who were unable to make it we hope to see you there next year!

Those of you who’ve been following the development of the new zodiac series will be happy to learn that it’s now available through Xylographilia and Etsy. You may find individual prints of each of the twelve signs of the zodiac available on cream or white cotton rag paper, complete sets of all twelve prints, and four unique prints hand-colored with genuine mineral pigments (currently available only on Etsy).

Aries on Cream paper

If you don’t see a hand-colored version of your favorite sign, I will be offering more in the near future and am open to discussing custom color schemes on Zodiac prints. You should allow up to four weeks of turnaround time for custom color, so if you’re planning ahead for the holidays I encourage you to get in touch as soon as possible.

For those of you in the Portland area, Xylographilia’s next big event will be the opening of my show at Redux Boutique & Gallery on October 3rd. Redux, located at 811 E Burnside #110 in Portland, specializes in handmade art, accessories, and jewelry produced by local artisans and fairly traded import companies internationally. They’re also bi-monthly participants in the First Friday Art Walks on Lower

Pisces on White paper

East Burnside. We’ll be showing a mix of Halloween-appropriate art as well as the new zodiac prints. Magnets will also be available, so if you’re in the area I encourage you to drop by and check it out. Show runs through late November.

Also in October, the opening reception of my very first solo gallery show, Beasts of Lore: The Xylographic Art of Liv Rainey-Smith, will take place at Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford, Oregon on October 17th. The reception will last from 5 – 8 PM in the community gallery. Located at 40 S Bartlett St., RGAC is considered a premiere gallery space for exhibiting artists as well as an invaluable community resource due to their art education program which provides classes and workshop opportunities for children and adults. The solo show will feature a selection of my illustrations from the Arcanum Bestiarum and will be on display at RGAC through November 21st.

Finally, progress on the Mona Lisa tribute for this year’s da Vinci Arts Fair continues. I’m still in the thick of the carving stage and am sharing process photos on Facebook. The completed print will be auctioned to benefit da Vinci Arts Middle School during the fair on December 6th and 7th.

I will be attending the opening night reception of Mythos & Monsters at Gargoyles Statuary as part of the Seattle U-District Artwalk. If you’re in the Seattle area on the evening of August 15th between 6 and 9 PM, drop by and say hello! This is an opportunity to preview the original woodcuts featured in P.S. Publishing’s upcoming Starry Wisdom Library Anthology edited by Nate Pedersen, and to peruse Gargoyles’ selection of my unframed prints and magnets.

The show will run until mid-September. Refreshment will be provided at the opening.

Those who are unable to attend may be interested to learn that Tsathoggua and Figure 7. are also available online. Other new works will be released on this site at a later date.

Every year Bite Studio hosts a “Love in Print” show to benefit p:ear. The show opens tonight, February 14th from 6-10pm and will be open Saturday and Sunday from noon-4pm. Stop by to see new work from a plethora of local printmakers and give a little love to p:ear with your print purchases.

“The man did not speak, and bore no trace of expression on his small, regular features. He merely pointed to a book of prodigious size which lay open on the table, while the beldame thrust a huge grey quill into Gilman’s right hand. Over everything was a pall of intensely maddening fear, and the climax was reached when the furry thing ran up the dreamer’s clothing to his shoulders and then down his left arm, finally biting him sharply in the wrist just below his cuff. As the blood spurted from this wound Gilman lapsed into a faint. ”

The Art Show and Book Room are open to the public from 9:30am – 6:45pm on Saturday the 14th, and 10:30am – 6:45pm on Sunday. Featured this year are the works of Hagen Von Tulien, Divine Mania, Joseph Uccello, Kate Merriwether Lynch, and Daniel A. Schulke. Original prints and reproductions will also be available from a number of other artists including Don Farrell, Kat Lunoe, Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule, and a few Three Hands Press artists including me.

We’ve been busy cutting mats, bagging and boarding prints, and I’ve been gilding and hand-coloring some unique artist proof prints in preparation for late summer/fall shows. A few new woodcuts are in the works, though it may be some time before they are unveiled. Additionally, a new website is also in the works, which is why we’ve fallen behind on updates here. If you’d like a peek at what is new, I highly recommend a jaunt by my art page on Facebook. It is regularly updated with photos and tidbits.

Want to see work in person?
Seattle, Washington — anytime
The Xylographic Menagerie show at Gargoyles is over, but a large selection of standard edition prints remains, including the last available numbered Raven. Gargoyles is located at 4550 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105.

Sacramento, California — August 9 – 11
I’ll be attempting to cram a lot of art into a very small space, including new hand-colored and gilded Artist Proof prints such as the Raven to the right. NOTOCON vending hours are 9am-6pm Friday and Saturday, 9am-3pm Sunday. Although the conference is a private event, the vending area will be located on the 2nd floor terrace in the atrium and is open to the public. The event is located at Embassy Suites Sacramento Riverfront Promenade, 100 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, California 95814

I’m proud to be hosting the Art Show at the 5th Annual Esoteric Book Conference. The Art Show and Book Room are open to the public during conference hours. Featured this year are the works of Hagen Von Tulien, Divine Mania, Joseph Uccello, Kate Merriwether Lynch, and Daniel A. Schulke. Original prints and reproductions will also be available from a few other artists, including myself.

Portland, Oregon — October 12-13 and 19-20

I’ll be once more taking part in the Portland Open Studios Tour. I’ll be opening up my studio along with fellow printmakers Beth Kerschen and Tara Murino-Brault both weekends from 10am-5pm. Join us then for live printmaking action!
Online — anytime

As always, if you can’t make it to an event, I do my best to make my work available online. Original prints may be ordered anytime via my Etsy storefront. Don’t see what you’re looking for? Inquiries may be sent to: Liv.Raineysmith@gmail.com

Gargoyles Statuary in Seattle has invited me to show from June 21st through July 15th. Xylographic Menagerie will feature original woodcut prints created for Arcanum Bestiarum.

The opening reception from 6-9pm Friday June 21st is part of the University District Art Walk and will include a full selection of all available Arcanum Bestiarum prints, standard editions of the book, and a special printer’s ornament bonus print with every Arcanum Bestiarum print purchase. Bonus prints and books will only be available during the opening reception.

I will be traveling to Seattle for the June 21st reception, so please join me there!

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